Publishing Industry Reporting

Compared to last year, print book sales are down about 1 percent with adult nonfiction declining more than fiction.

With millions of writers and readers that Substack doesn’t monetize at all and that cost money to support, advertising is the next obvious step.

Together, they will bring Aethon’s biggest ebook and audiobook titles into print.

In the Kindle Top 100 bestsellers year to date, 61 percent of titles are romance—and everything else is likely to include romantic elements.

Every so often, the public is reminded that memoirs are not journalistic works and aren’t fact-checked by their publishers.

HarperCollins has partnered with Fox Entertainment on a food imprint, Bite Books, an extension of Fox’s brand Bite.

Agate Publishing has partnered with Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism to publish reported, short-length nonfiction books.

The adult-YA crossover imprint will publish fiction only, combining talent from Penguin’s Berkley and Penguin Young Readers imprints.

Adult fiction sales were up by 1 percent, nonfiction sales fell about 3 percent, and religious books are up by 16 percent.

Ten years ago there was market enthusiasm and interest in mobile reading, but that market has cooled considerably.

In the lead: The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, with more than 1.7 million copies sold, one of only two nonfiction books on the list.

The publisher will share profits with authors 50-50, but only after costs are recouped.

The new independent publisher will begin releasing titles in summer 2026. The effort is led by former executives from Bonnier Books UK.

UK comics publisher Time Bomb has launched two new imprints, WestWords and Comic Scene.

The competition is a partnership between Good Housekeeping and the Rachel Mills Literary Agency.

North Point Press is returning to life under FSG, which acquired its assets in 1992 but later stopped releasing new books under the imprint.

BookCon is a reader-facing convention that launched in 2014 as part of BookExpo, then turned into a standalone event that lasted until 2019.

The imprint is under County Highway, whose mission is to publish new writing about America in the form of a 19th-century newspaper.

Fiction sales revenue grew by 18 percent in 2024 (driven by fantasy and romance), and audiobook revenue grew 31 percent.

Now that 8th Note Press is closing, some authors are coming out and telling their stories of working with the publisher.

Just as secular publishers are launching Christian-living imprints, Christian publishers are launching their own crossover efforts.

Bookmarked with Danielle Robay will “bring together celebrities, tastemakers, influencers and authors from Reese’s Book Club and beyond.”

It looks like a chunky pair of sunglasses. The tagline: “Get lost in a good book again.” It connects to your existing Kindle library.

Stable Book Group, in partnership with Hachette, has announced the formation of a new distribution company for independent publishers.

Alyssa Morris has joined Trellis.